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You would still have to get an E-NET cable (OBD II to RJ45 ethernet) and a Windows based laptop with E-Sys + Data files before a remote coder could do enable the 5AR Traffic Jam Assist.

I think the 5AR is VO Coding (Vehicle Order..kind of like basic BimmerCode) and not FDL (Function Data List like expert mode BimmerCode) so it's theoretically much easier.

 

Yeah my Dell XPS laptop is too old and decrepit. My iMac is only a couple of years more recent and it runs circles around the XPS. Sigh. Looking at an M2 Air and I’ll load a tester version of Win11 for Arm with Parallels or QEMU. I thought about finding a refurbed recent windows laptop, but it’s more of the same (and would be single-purpose).

 

While I’m at it I’ll add the rear fogs to the VO. May as well learn me some esys though and save a couple of hundred. Really only curious about this 5AR TJA, knowing how limited it is — and how dodgy it might be with our single-camera KAFAS and no radar.

 

I have an M2 MacBook Air, and it's the greatest laptop I've ever owned (both performance and physical design). But I don't know if I'd trust running something like reprogramming my car with E-Sys on an Intel-to-ARM translation layer (built into Windows apparently), unless there happens to be an ARM version of E-Sys (or equivalent tool). Or is it written in Java, and there's an ARM version of Java for Windows?

 

The graphical interface has an older C# or .NET look to it.

 

I haven’t found any recent posts, but it seems like the only thing people are having trouble with is the launcher. I did find one post that claimed he got both ISTA and e-sys running on an M1, but no corroboration. I guess maybe I will look for a refurbed recent Intel laptop (even if I don’t go ahead with TJA).

 

Ummm… I know the driver’s airbag can be fussy to remove (lots of poking and wiggling and cussing), but I don’t want to try that “live.” Is the method the same as any other vehicle, disconnecting the earth lead from the 12V battery should suffice? What can I expect upon reconnection of the low voltage battery? Does anything need to be reprogrammed?

 

https://www.minif56.com/threads/how-to-replace-us-na-union-jack-tail-lights-with-uk-eu-union-jack-tail-lights.94624/

 

Planning to order these for my wifes Cooper SE. Will they fit? Are they the correct part numbers?

Also, I would like to paint them yellow. Any idea if they will hold paint well?

 

If you really want to do good job you sand them with 200/400 wet sandpaper clean/ dry prime them with white primer bc black color is very difficult to paint with yellow and finish with 2-3 coats very light coats with yellow . Paint I’m using is from specialty auto paint store which was mix to Mach a yellow you desire.I paint my yellow cups and mud flaps which I build myself from flexible plastic.

 

Seen all your mods. Looks great. Question was whether I have the part numbers correct for the Mini Cooper SE electric.

 

Anyone tried mud flaps from China? Less than half the price.

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